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Creating a Client-Server Guest Book with Macromedia Flash and ColdFusion


Koosha Khajeh

Koosha Khajeh

Flash Developer

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Created:
20 December 2004
User Level:
Intermediate

Macromedia Flash has become powerful software for web development and its latest version, Flash MX Professional 2004, has new features for building web applications and data integration. In this article I'll show you how to combine Flash and ColdFusion to create a guest book application.

The purpose of this article is to learn how to write ColdFusion components and then use them as web services to take advantage of using new Flash features.

Requirements

To complete this tutorial you will need to install the following software and files:

Flash MX Professional 2004

ColdFusion MX

Dreamweaver MX 2004


Tutorials and sample files:

Prerequisite knowledge:

To follow this tutorial, you should know of the basics of ColdFusion components and ActionScript. See "Introduction to ColdFusion Components" by Ben Forta and the ActionScript Learning Guide.

About the author

Koosha Khajeh, 17, is a Flash developer who has used Flash since version 5. Recently he started programming with ColdFusion. Koosha also has experience working and programming in Microsoft Visual Basic. You can e-mail him at: koosha.khajeh@gmail.com.